Bedford County Court - contact applications

County: Bedfordshire, Region: Eastern, Court circuit: South Eastern

Outcomes - as percentages

WithdrawnRefused
No orderOrders made

red bar = this court
blue line = national average
x = no data

Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
WithdrawnThis court 9.1 9.0 9.1 15.0 2.1 1.6 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
England & Wales 9.8 10.0 9.9 9.1 7.7 6.8 4.4 1.8 1.4 1.6
RefusedThis court 0.0 0.0 0.5 4.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7
England & Wales 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.1
No orderThis court 31.8 10.1 9.6 14.2 1.6 2.4 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0
England & Wales 10.4 10.7 13.5 6.6 5.8 5.5 4.0 1.5 1.2 1.9
Orders madeThis court 59.1 80.9 80.7 66.7 95.7 96.1 95.3 99.2 100.0 98.3
England & Wales 77.8 77.5 74.7 82.6 85.1 86.3 90.8 96.5 97.3 96.3

Note: % = 100 * (Particular outcome) / (Total outcomes)
Red highlight = more than twice the national average for this outcome
(and five or more actual outcomes)
'...' = no data

Actual Applications & Outcomes

Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Applications 87 82 208 50 4 0 43 161 159 161
Outcomes Withdrawn 2 8 17 18 4 2 5 0 0 0
Refused 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 4
No orders 7 9 18 17 3 3 1 2 0 0
Orders made 13 72 151 80 180 122 122 236 238 226
Welfare reports requested 36 40 81 61 48 44 60 22 75 103

Note: '...' = no data


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